Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Oscillator circuit with two current supplies
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Application No.: US17254223Application Date: 2019-06-19
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Publication No.: US11336230B2Publication Date: 2022-05-17
- Inventor: Frode Telstø
- Applicant: Nordic Semiconductor ASA
- Applicant Address: NO Trondheim
- Assignee: Nordic Semiconductor ASA
- Current Assignee: Nordic Semiconductor ASA
- Current Assignee Address: NO Trondheim
- Agency: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP
- Priority: GB1810227 20180621
- International Application: PCT/EP2019/066298 WO 20190619
- International Announcement: WO2019/243473 WO 20191226
- Main IPC: H03B5/06
- IPC: H03B5/06 ; H03B5/32 ; H03L3/00 ; H03L5/02 ; H03B5/36

Abstract:
An oscillator circuit comprises a crystal oscillator and an inverter. The input of the inverter is connected to the first terminal of the crystal oscillator and the output of the inverter is connected to the second terminal of the crystal oscillator, oscillator circuit is arranged to operate the inverter in its linear operating region. An amplitude regulator has an input connected to the input of the inverter, arranged to provide a first supply current IAREG to the inverter, where the magnitude of the first supply current is inversely dependent on a magnitude of a voltage at the inverter input. A digital-to-analogue converter is arranged to provide a second supply current IDAC to the inverter having a magnitude determined by a digital signal applied to a digital input of the digital-to-analogue converter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210273610A1 OSCILLATOR CIRCUIT WITH TWO CURRENT SUPPLIES Public/Granted day:2021-09-02
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